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Despite political and economic challenges, Hong Kong art week shows off a resilient city filled with top-notch offerings.

The Ben Brown Fine Arts, Hong Kong managing director and Hong Kong Art Gallery Association co-president on the leading Asian art hub.

From giant rubber ducks to thinly veiled protest art, outdoor sculpture is having a moment in the city

The fourth edition of the fair sees 30 first-time exhibitors as Taiwanese collectors demonstrated their buying power during the pandemic.

Art Basel Hong Kong was at full Covid capacity on its opening VIP day © Art Basel A radically altered but still lively Art Basel in Hong Kong (ABHK) kicked off on Wednesday (until 23 May), with VIP visitors reaching full Covid capacity, limited to 75% of regular visitors, on the opening day. Turnout was bolstered by the Buddha’s Birthday holiday in the city. “Hong Kong is a small city, and [the Covid era] has the benefit that collectors are here, and not traveling like...

How international art gallery Ben Brown Fine Arts is coping with the pandemic Share Having opened its first outpost in the heart of London’s Mayfair in 2004, Ben Brown Fine Arts went on to establish itself as a celebrated art centre in no time by holding exhibition after exhibition that were the talk of the town and the art world. Five years later, it branched out to Asia by opening a store in Hong Kong. Famed for displaying contemporary and 20th-century art by the likes of Pablo Picasso...

Share Renowned international gallerist Ben Brown Fine Arts opened his first location in the early 2000s in London’s Mayfair, where the gallery quickly established itself as a point of reference both locally and internationally, especially after setting up its Asian outpost in Hong Kong. Famed for displaying contemporary and 20th-century art by the likes of Pablo Picasso, Lucio Fontana and Alighiero Boetti, Ben Brown recently took on a new challenge when he opened a space in Palm Beach, Fl...